Evergoods Civic Half Zip 22L

So if you're trying to get if you have like a larger 15 or 16 laptop, it might block that. Um, so just keep that in mind, It is something that's notic...

These are both cut on the bias. This increases abrasion resistance right along this sewn edge, which typically is a pretty high wear area the bottom o...

Everyone there, you have it. The Civic Half Zip 22 liter from Evergoods. a really solid everyday backpack

It's It's a great bag. I'm a big fan of Evergoods. I'm happy to support them

* CHZ22 stands on its own and is accessible. * The GR1 required me to lean the bag against a wall and/or my desk, also 1/2 unzipping was not conducive. * Wears like my 10/15L bullet, stores my GR1 21L office setup well, would flex up to a minimal travel bag (26L GR1). * Essentially a day bag, office bag, travel bag mixed into one.

I looked at a variety of bags but kept coming back to the Evergoods, for various reasons. I just need a nice quick access pocket for like my earbuds, mask, and a couple things, that's easy to access, so the one the CHZ has is perfect. The couple inside pockets do give it just a little bit more organization.

This thing feels light as a feather, but I don’t think it feels cheap or low quality, either. I weighed mine and got 1060 grams, or 2.33 lbs. The CHZ22 weighs 2.25 lbs, so they are right in the ballpark. Worth noting that the GR2 34L weighs 4.75 lbs, so you can carry 2 of the 500D GR1’s and still come under that weight.

I have the CHZ22 and find that it has so much space left over over on my day to day carrying laptop, lunch, book, electronics pouch, glasses. Love my bag so much, but in my use case i think it'd be kinda cool if they made a CHZ18 or a new line altogether!

Love the exterior bottle pockets and will never be without them in any future bag. I lost my old laptop to a thermos spill inside a messenger bag I had at the time. The CHZ22 has grown on my a lot since I first got it, and in it's simplicity it reminds me of the last backpack I had that felt this versatile: the red jansport with one main pocket and one front pocket that I used all through elementary school. In some ways it feels like the elevated version of that.

I sold my CHZ22 because I wanted another external zipped pocket, but damn does this make me want to pick up the CHZ26 instead. I am interested in seeing if EG replaces the back panel of the new CHZ/CPL models with the PLC's. Great looking bag!